Genealogy in Crognaleto

If you know (or you think) that your ancestors were from Crognaleto, you could find info about your Italian family at Registrar of Vital Statistics in the City Office or at the parishes.

Registry offices in Abruzzo and in Teramo province were established in early 1800: it means that you could find information in Crognaleto registrar as of that date.

So, if your ancestors were in Crognaleto in the nineteenth or twentieth century, then you could try to contact the City Office of Crognaleto to know more.

Would you like to know if any distant relatives live in Crognaleto?

Check how many people with the same surname live today in Crognaleto

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Before to start your genealogy research in Crognaleto, we suggest you to read our tips for your search . They are useful to search in Abruzzo and in Crognaleto too.

In the next picture you can see the demographic trends in Crognaleto from the Italian Unification (1861).

It could be important to know if the last name you are investigating is a frequent surname in Crognaleto. As more your surname is common in Crognaleto, as more it could be difficult to find the right info about your ancestors in Crognaleto archives if you have not exact dates.
It could be useful for you to know that some of the most common surnames in Teramo province are:
Centorame, Costantini, D’Agostino, D’Angelo, De Berardinis, De Dominicis, De Luca, Di Battista, Di Berardino, Di Blasio, Di Bonaventura, Di Carlo, Di Domenico, Di Donato, Di Egidio, Di Febo, Di Felice, Di Filippo, Di Francesco, Di Giacinto, Di Giovanni, Di Giuseppe, Di Gregorio, Di Marco, Di Matteo, Di Michele, Di Nicola, Di Paolo, Di Pasquale, Di Pietro, Di Sabatino, Di Sante, Di Simone, Di Stefano, Ferretti, Ferri, Franchi, Iezzi, Mariani, Marini, Martella, Olivieri, Pavone, Piccioni, Ranalli, Ricci, Ruggieri, Valentini.

Church archives in Teramo province may instead contain even older information, but they are far less accessible from abroad (and almost impossible by email).
Then,parishes send information not easily.

If you have the opportunity to visit Crognaleto and Teramo province, you could plan to investigate churches’ archives by yourself, but from abroad is very difficult to obtain any result unless you find a reliable local help.

Another important source of information is the “Archivio di Stato” (National archive) in L’Aquila.

In any case, never give up! Probably the distance from your country and Italy, some difficulties in understanding and in translation, could complicate your search but this should not discourage you.

It’s important to plan your activities to carry on with simple goals (eg. search for a single date of birth, the name of an ancestor, the date of a marriage, etc.)

If you are interested to start or to continue your genealogy research in Crognaleto, or if you have questions regarding your family in Crognaleto, just leave a message below, we will answer you by email

If your research is in a dead end and you need some professional advices from skilled and reliable Italian genealogists write to crognaleto@italianside.com

Messages

I am trying to find out if my great grandfather, Biagio Tomassetti, was born in Crognaleto, Teramo, Italy. We know he lived in Giulianova Italy and my grandfather was born there. He would have probably been born in the mid 1800’s,1850 to 1870. Thank you:)